UPDATED projections – March 6

Sorry to those of you who have already downloaded and started tinkering around with the original set of projections, but here are new batting and pitching files, updated March 6 with these changes:

* Most importantly, replaced one set of base projections with another… without naming names, let’s just say I took out a set that I didn’t think was realistic and replaced it with another set from a provider who I feel is a little more credible. The revised numbers don’t show a huge difference because these are after all averages, but in a few places they do seem a little more reasonable.

* Took out CS for hitters (a few providers didn’t include it) but added "EYE" (BB/SO) since we care a lot about plate discipline;

* Corrected the projections for both Jose Reyes and both Abraham Nunez, plus a few other minor player_ID mapping tweaks.

Finally, to re-state my response to a few of the comments…

I’m purposefully not providing these in Excel, since I’m effectively giving away something our partners and other providers charge for, so this is out of respect to them and their products. However, as mentioned before, I can’t stop someone from trasferring them into Excel and then circulating them via some other means, right? :-)

Thanks for the great response to this and for listening to the show, I hope this helps everyone get their draft strategy ready!

Bob, the outcome certainly makes the method seem plausible; Cabrera, Tejada and Vladdy are debatable #1 guys at their positions but clearly they are in the mix with the others you ranked. And the gaps between Utley and Santana, and the #2 guys at their respective positions, clearly show up here.

Not baseball related. Guys: because this blog posts your full e-mail address after each comment, it appears to me that a web bot is picking up (at least my) e-mail address and sending me spam. Any way the tech guys could alter the way the e-mail address appears to stop bots from detecting the e-mail addresses? Sorry for getting off the baseball track…

So close yet so far away, i have been waiting for the projections and happy day they are here, but i guess i am not computer savy because i cannot convert them to Excel. I have been at this for hours and am stuck.

I am left with no other option but to rely on the mercy of other listeners and hope that someone will be kind enough to e-mail me the projections in excel format.

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